Mr Barlow said there had been tensions simmering between the communities for some time, and attempts to reconcile through elder forums had failed in the past.

“We’re just going to take it into our own hands,” he said.

“We’re getting hurt, bashed and killed.”

Rachel Barlow, whose sister lives at the Woodridge address involved in the incident, said 11 people at the house locked themselves in a back room and called police because "they were scared for their lives".

Weekend clash

A Queensland Police spokeswoman said police were called to Douglas Street in the early hours of Sunday morning following a report of a disturbance involving several people.

She said the clash caused damage to a number of vehicles and a residence, with police called back later Sunday night after reports of another disturbance.

Police attended the scene just after 10 pm and found a large group of people allegedly involved in a fight.

“It’s still part of the investigations as to whether there were weapons involved and what they might have been,” the police spokeswoman said.

Resident's sister speaks

Ms Barlow said something had to be done.

"The racial tension between the Aboriginal and Tongan and Samoans has got to stop," she said.

“The situation at Woodridge at the moment is ridiculous.

“My family members can’t even go to the local shop without people starting on them ... they’re literally getting assaulted.”

Mr and Ms Barlow said they did not know what was provoking the violence.

Comment is being sought from the Ethnic Communities Council of Logan and the Logan City Council.

Nothing better to do?

Ethnic Communities Council of Logan president Paul Khieu said the violence didn’t indicate gang behaviour but the community was dealing with problems associated with bored youth.

Mr Khieu, a Logan resident for nearly 20 years, said the clashes which captured the attention of police and media were the result of “a few kids who haven’t got anywhere to go, or anything to do''.

“The state government and the local council needs to organise something for the kids,” he said.

“Most of the parents are trying to do the right thing, but these kids go out and sometimes they drink and when they get out of control that’s a problem.”

Mr Khieu said tensions between the various cultural groups could be traced back to the killing of Richard Saunders a few years ago.

This latest incident comes against a background of the death of Jackson Doolan at Loganlea in December.